McConnell said in December 2020 that Trump’s behavior after the presidential election was “extremely erratic,” saying he was “promoting allegations of voter fraud, none of which have been proven.”

McConnell also worried that Trump’s actions would cost Republicans one or both of the Senate seats in Georgia, which Democrats ultimately won. “He’s not just – well, he’s both stupid and bad-tempered and can’t even figure out where his own interests lie, and that’s certainly been on display,” he said.

Trump’s behavior, McConnell continued, “only underlines the good judgment of the American people. They had enough of the misrepresentations, the outright lies that occur almost every day, and they fired him. And for a narcissist like him that is very difficult to accept, and that is why his behavior since the elections has been much worse than before, because he now has no filter at all.”

Now when asked about the comments in the book, McConnell said, “Whatever I said about President Trump pales in comparison to what JD Vance, Lindsey Graham and others have said about him, but we’re all on the same team now . .”

McConnell endorsed Trump for president in March. NBC News has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.